Sunday shooting leads to crack-cocaine arrests in Lincoln

Two people were arrested on drug charges Sunday after a shooting in Lincoln led to a raid on the victim’s home.

Alonzo Rose, 23, of Chicago, and Jessica Harrington, 24, of Lincoln, were arrested around 6:30 p.m. Sunday on a charge of manufacture/delivery of over 100 grams of crack-cocaine.

At approximately 2 p.m. Sunday, Lincoln Police were called to a house in the 700 block of Walnut Street after a man was shot and wounded in the chest and arm.

The unnamed victim was flown to an out-of-town hospital and was reported Monday as being in stable condition.

Witnesses said that two black male suspects in separate vehicles fled westward down First Street after the shooting. One was driving a dark blue Ford Escape and the other was in a white Cadillac Escalade with tinted windows and 20-inch chrome wheels.

Police subsequently conducted search warrants at the victim’s residence and found "a large amount of currency and crack cocaine," Police Chief Paul Adams said in a news release Monday.

Rose and Harrington were occupants of the apartment during the search. Adams said that the victim and those arrested all have ties to the Chicagoland area.

Neither arrested party has any criminal history on file with Logan, Sangamon, McLean, Macon, or DeWitt Counties.

Rose was sentenced in May of 2016 to three years in IDOC for a robbery that took place in Cook County the previous November. He spent nearly 10 months in the Southwestern Correctional Center in East Saint Louis before he was released on a two-year parole term in March of this year. Over the summer, Rose was ticketed by the Lincoln Police for being an unlicensed driver in an uninsured vehicle with expired registration.

As of Monday afternoon, Rose and Harrington were both still in custody at the Logan County Jail with bond amounts pending a review of their cases by the Logan County State's Attorney.

The Illinois State Police are involved in LPD's ongoing investigation into the Sunday afternoon shooting.

Anyone with any information concerning this crime is urged to call the Lincoln-Logan Crime Stoppers. Information will be kept confidential and callers may remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $1,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of those involved. Information may be shared by leaving a message at (217) 732-3000. Calls will not be traced, but those hoping to claim a reward may give their contact information in the message or contact the department after an arrest is made.